diff --git a/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/compat/net/if_var.h b/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/compat/net/if_var.h
index eb34267296..067b84b8a0 100644
--- a/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/compat/net/if_var.h
+++ b/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/compat/net/if_var.h
@@ -239,6 +239,16 @@ typedef void if_init_f_t(void *);
 #define	IF_ADDR_LOCK_DESTROY(if)	mtx_destroy(&(if)->if_addr_mtx)
 #define	IF_ADDR_LOCK(if)	mtx_lock(&(if)->if_addr_mtx)
 #define	IF_ADDR_UNLOCK(if)	mtx_unlock(&(if)->if_addr_mtx)
+
+/*
+ * Function variations on locking macros intended to be used by loadable
+ * kernel modules in order to divorce them from the internals of address list
+ * locking.
+ */
+void	if_addr_rlock(struct ifnet *ifp);	/* if_addrhead */
+void	if_addr_runlock(struct ifnet *ifp);	/* if_addrhead */
+void	if_maddr_rlock(struct ifnet *ifp);	/* if_multiaddrs */
+void	if_maddr_runlock(struct ifnet *ifp);	/* if_multiaddrs */
 #define	IF_ADDR_LOCK_ASSERT(if)	mtx_assert(&(if)->if_addr_mtx, MA_OWNED)
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/if.c b/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/if.c
index b2f88a0166..f8204024ce 100644
--- a/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/if.c
+++ b/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/if.c
@@ -413,3 +413,36 @@ ether_ioctl(struct ifnet *ifp, u_long command, caddr_t data)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Wrapper functions for struct ifnet address list locking macros.  These are
+ * used by kernel modules to avoid encoding programming interface or binary
+ * interface assumptions that may be violated when kernel-internal locking
+ * approaches change.
+ */
+void
+if_addr_rlock(struct ifnet *ifp)
+{
+
+	IF_ADDR_LOCK(ifp);
+}
+
+void
+if_addr_runlock(struct ifnet *ifp)
+{
+
+	IF_ADDR_UNLOCK(ifp);
+}
+
+void
+if_maddr_rlock(struct ifnet *ifp)
+{
+
+	IF_ADDR_LOCK(ifp);
+}
+
+void
+if_maddr_runlock(struct ifnet *ifp)
+{
+
+	IF_ADDR_UNLOCK(ifp);
+}